:51:01
Long distance.
:51:27
You didn't see the killing or the body.
How do you know there was a murder?
:51:30
Because everything this fellow's done
has been suspicious:
:51:33
Trips at night in the rain,
knives and saws and trunks with rope,
:51:37
And now this wife
that isn't there any more.
:51:39
I admit it all has a mysterious sound.
:51:41
It could be any number of things.
Murder's the least possible.
:51:45
Doyle, don't tell me
he's an unemployed magician,
:51:47
Amusing the neighbourhood
with his sleight of hand.
:51:49
Don't tell me that.
:51:50
It's too obvious and stupid
a way to commit murder.
:51:53
In full view of 50 windows?
:51:54
Then sit there smoking a cigar,
waiting for the police to pick him up.
:51:57
Alright, officer, do your duty.
Go over and pick him up.
:52:00
Jeff, you've got a lot
to learn about homicide.
:52:03
Why, morons have committed
murder so shrewdly,
:52:05
It's taken a hundred trained
police minds to catch them.
:52:08
That salesman wouldn't just
knock his wife off after dinner
:52:11
And toss her in the trunk
and put her in storage.
:52:13
I'll bet it's been done.
:52:15
Most everything's been done...
Under panic.
:52:18
This is a thousand-to-one shot.
:52:20
He's still sitting around the apartment.
That man's not panicked.
:52:23
You think I made all this up?
:52:25
Well, I think you saw something
:52:27
There's probably
a very simple explanation for.
:52:30
- For instance?
- Wife took a trip.
:52:33
His wife was sick in bed.
:52:36
yeah, so you told me.
:52:39
Well, Jeff, I've got to run along.
:52:43
I won't report this to the department.
Let me poke into it a little on my own.
:52:48
No sense in your getting
a lot of ridiculous publicity.
:52:51
Thank you.
:52:54
We know the wife is gone,
so I'll see if I can find out where.
:52:57
Do that.
:52:59
You had any headaches lately?